SAINT LOUIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Louis mean? 

• SAINT LOUIS (noun)
  The noun SAINT LOUIS has 2 senses:

1. king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

2. the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century

  Familiarity information: SAINT LOUIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT LOUIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Louis IX; Saint Louis; St. Louis

Instance hypernyms:

King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gateway to the West; Saint Louis; St. Louis

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Saint Louis" is a part of...):

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)